The Trinidad and Tobago Olympic Committee(TTOC) will be following the 22nd Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia with keen interest. The Sochi 2014 Olympics gets underway today with the eagerly anticipated opening ceremony.
Six Caribbean nations will be taking part in Sochi- Bermuda, Cayman Islands, Dominica, Jamaica, British Virgin Islands and US Virgin Islands. Caribbean representatives will compete in Alpine ,cross country, freestyle skiing with Jamaica taking part in the two man bobsleigh competition.
The Olympic Games both summer and winter captures the world's imagination and attention and Sochi is predicted to live up to the billing.
In the lead up to the Games there has been a number of controversies of one kind or the other. But the IOC is hopeful that once the athletes start competing the focus of attention will shift to the battle for medals.
The TTOC extends best wishes to the Caribbean athletes competing on Sochi.
TTOC President Brian Lewis; " I am very happy to see the increase in Caribbean countries participating in the Winter Olympics. Trinidad and Tobago participated before and even though the T&T flag and athletes will not be in Sochi we intend to qualify an athlete or athletes in 2018. We wish our Caribbean colleagues the best in Sochi. "